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Sex news: Do men or women have a higher average number of sexual partners in their lifetime?

Men are also more likely to estimate the number of women they have slept with, while women are most likely to certain of the number sexual partners they have had.

The report found: “More women than men reported having sexual intercourse with only one partner of the opposite sex in their lifetime (24 per cent of women compared with 17 per cent of men), and conversely more men than women reported having sexual intercourse with 10 or more partners of the opposite sex (27 per cent of men and 13 per cent of women).”

The older female respondents were the less likely they were to have had many sexual partners, while younger women reported more.

Fourteen thousand people responded to the survey, which also asked people about when they lost their virginity.

More women lost their virginity under the age of 16. Almost a third of women had sex for the first time when they were legally under age.

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Sex news: Do men or women have a higher average number of sexual partners in their lifetime?

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Sex facts you never knew: From the average time spent kissing in a life-time to the average speed of ejaculation.

We spend an average 336 hours, 14 days and 2 weeks kissing in a lifetime

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Sex: A quarter of men claim to have had 10 sexual partners

However, only a fifth of men had. Chief executive Tim Straughan said the report "paints a picture of sexual behaviour which is changing over the generations with younger women tending to begin having sex younger".

Did you know having sex can help you live longer? This is the finding of scientists that claim orgasms can help you extend your lifespan.

Sexual arousal makes the heart beat faster, which helps to keep the body fit and healthy, it added.